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Deborah Hautzig (born 1956 in New York) is an American author of several children's books, including the Little Witch series along with young adult targeted books. [1]
She is the daughter of Walter Hautzig and Esther Hautzig, who wrote the book The Endless Steppe . She graduated from the Chapin School in New York. She published her first novel while still a student at Sarah Lawrence College.
In addition to the Little Witch series, Deborah has written over 35 Sesame Street books. She has written modern-day versions of children's classics such as The Secret Garden, The Little Mermaid, and The Nutcracker . [1]
She has also written two young adult targeted books, Hey Dollface! and Second Star to the Right, which was loosely based on her own battle with anorexia, a battle she did not win until after finishing writing it. [2]
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted for radio, television, the stage, film, and video games. The series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts and talking animals. It narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the Narnian world. Except in The Horse and His Boy, the protagonists are all children from the real world who are magically transported to Narnia, where they are sometimes called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Narnia from evil. The books span the entire history of Narnia, from its creation in The Magician's Nephew to its eventual destruction in The Last Battle.
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